CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Box 1: European policy approaches to gender diversity
Chapter 2: The case for action
Box 2: The legal case for action on boardroom gender diversity
Box 3: The subsidiarity principle
The ultimate target
Chapter 3: Quotas
Table 1: Legislative quotas adopted in European countries
Chapter 4: Maintaining pressure: monitoring progress
Member State policy monitoring
Chapter 5: Changing corporate culture
Corporate governance rules
Shareholder engagement
Fair recruitment: executive search firms
Chapter 6: Developing the pipeline
Chapter 7: Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: Sub-Committee on the Internal
Market, Infrastructure and Employment
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Evidence is published online at
www.parliament.uk/hleub
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References in footnotes to the Report
are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence;
Witness names without a question reference
refer to written evidence.
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